America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Military Engagements: 1975-2000 - Hardcover

Huchthausen, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670032328 ISBN 13: 9780670032327

Publisher: Viking Adult, 2003

Synopsis

Traces more than a dozen short-term military operations from the past quarter century including the Iranian hostage rescue attempt and the Gulf War, exploring the modern development of American small wars from an insider's perspective. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Captain Peter Huchthausen, U.S. Navy (retired), served as a Soviet naval analyst and submarine expert, and as a naval attaché in Yugoslavia, Romania, and Moscow. His many tours of duty included serving as a watch officer during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and as commander of a patrol division on Vietnam's Mekong Delta in 1967. In addition to his writing, he is a consultant, most recently on the film K-19.

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America's Splendid Little Wars

Contents

Acknowledgments vii
List of Maps xi
Introduction xiii
part one Gerald R. Ford: Rebounding Against Piracy 1
Chapter 1. Recovering SS Mayaguez and the Fight on Koh Tang 3
part two James E. Carter, Jr.: Choosing Military Action 19
Chapter 2. America and Special Warfare 21
Chapter 3. The Hostage Rescue Attempt 27
part three Ronald W. Reagan: Lashing Out 43
Chapter 4. Intervention in Lebanon 45
Chapter 5. Intervention in Grenada 65
Chapter 6. Retaliatory Attacks on Libya 87
Chapter 7. Escort and Retaliation in the Persian Gulf 97
part four George H. W. Bush: Using a Big Stick 111
Chapter 8. Storming Panama 113
Chapter 9. The Gulf War: Desert Shield 127
Chapter 10. The Gulf War: Desert Storm 142
Chapter 11. The Rescue of the Kurds in Northern Iraq 152
part five Intervention in Somalia 159
Chapter 12. President Bush Responds to Starvation 161
Chapter 13. President Clinton Crosses the Mogadishu Line 170
part six William J. Clinton: On the Edge of the Balkans 183
Chapter 14. Intervention in Bosnia 185
Chapter 15. Intervention in Kosovo 212
Conclusions 219

Notes 221
Bibliography 231
Index 241

Maps

The Mayaguez Incident 2
The Persian Gulf Area, 1980s 26
Iran: The Delta Entry/Exit Plan, April 24–28, 1980 31
Lebanon, 1983 44
U.S. Sector, Beirut, October 1983 46
Grenada and the Caribbean 64
Grenada 77
Libya and the Gulf of Sidra, 1986 86
The Persian Gulf Area, 1980s 98
Military Installations in Panama 112
Objectives of Operation Just Cause 122
Expected Iraqi Avenues of Approach 138
Conduct of the Persian Gulf War 147
Somalia and Mogadishu 160
The Balkans 184

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0670032328
• ISBN 13: 9780670032327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272